Venue-based sampling in STD research: Generalizeable to and independent of whom?

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 532-533

  Ellen, Jonathan M ^a   Fichtenberg, Caroline M ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; CHLAMYDIASIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ABUSE; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENITAL HERPES; GONORRHEA; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34547622799     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318125660c     Document Type: Editorial

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